Committed: the battle over involuntary psychiatric care

Foreword / Pete Earley

Before we get started

Pt. I. The patients : 1. Eleanor and the case against involuntary hospitalization ; 2. Lily and the case for civil commitment

Pt. II. The battleground : 3. In favor of involuntary treatments ; 4. Against involuntary treatments

Pt. III. Civil rights : 5. Eleanor, Lily and the process of civil commitment ; 6. Christina Schumacher and the history of civil commitment laws

Pt. IV. The hospital : 7. Scott Davis on law enforcement and crisis intervention teams ; 8. Leonard Skivorski and the emergency department ; 9. Eleanor's hospital experience ; 10. Ray DePaulo and inpatient psychiatry at a university hospital ; 11. Steven Sharfstein, Bruce Hershfield and free-standing psychiatric hospitals ; 12. Annette Hanson and the use of seclusion and restraint ; 13. Anthony Kelly and involuntary medications ; 14. Jim and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy

Pt. V. Involuntary outpatient commitment : 15. Marsha and outpatient civil commitment ; 16. Outpatient commitment on the books ; 17. Jack Lesser and mental health courts

Pt. VI. A danger to self or others : 18. Dan, guns and mental illness ; 19. Bryan Stanley, violence and psychiatric illness ; 20. Amy and involuntary treatment for suicide prevention ; 21. Will forcing treatment on people with psychiatric disorders prevent mass murders?

Pt. VII. Future directions : 22. Transforming the battleground.